Justice Management Division

SUMMARY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUMMARY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS

General ProvisionsâDepartment of Justice

Table 1 displays the Title II General Provisions for the Department of Justice
contained in the FY 2012 President's Budget. Note.-A full-year 2011
appropriation was not enacted at the time the 2012 budget was transmitted;
therefore, the Department of Justice is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 111-242, as amended). Therefore, all appropriations language
proposed in the 2012 President's Budget is reflected as new. The FY 2012
language is compared below to the FY 2010 Title II General Provisions
(P.L. 111-117), which is the most recent enacted full-year appropriation for
the Department of Justice.

Table 2 provides explanations related to select Title II General Provisions
contained in the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act that are not continued
in FY 2012.

Table 1 - FY 2012 PROPOSED TITLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section Number

New

Yes/No

Description

201

No

In addition to amounts otherwise made available in
this title for official reception and representation expenses,
a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the
Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses.

202

No

None of the funds appropriated by this title shall
be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or
in the case of rape:
Provided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and
void.

203

No

None of the funds appropriated under this title shall
be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any
way the performance of, any abortion.

204

No

Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide
escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service
outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section
in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau
of Prisons.

205

No

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section.

206

No

The Attorney General is authorized to extend through
September 30, 2013, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project
transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 1115 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296 (28 U.S.C.
599B) without limitation on the number of employees or the positions
covered.

207

No

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Public
Law 102-395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover investigative
operations and shall apply with respect to any undercover investigative
operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against
the United States.

208

No

None of the funds made available
to the Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant
to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is classified
as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison
or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.

209

No

(a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services,
to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or
other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational
purposes.

(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, maintenance,
or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training,
religious, or educational programs.

210

No

The notification thresholds and procedures set forth
in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts
designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying
statement, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided
under this title in previous years.

211

No

None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve
a public-private competition under the Office of Management and
Budget Circular A-76

or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy
for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.

212

No

At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated
by this or any other act under the headings for "Justice Assistance'',
"State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and "Juvenile
Justice Programs'':

(1) 3 percent of funds made available for grant or reimbursement
programs may be used to provide training and technical assistance;

(2) 3 percent of funds made available for grant or reimbursement
programs under such headings, except for amounts appropriated specifically
for research, evaluation, or statistical programs administered
by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided
to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant or
reimbursement programs, and of such amounts, $1,300,000 shall be
transferred to the Bureau of Prisons for Federal inmate research
and evaluation purposes; and

(3) 7 percent of funds made available for grant or reimbursement
programs: (1) under the heading "State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance"; or (2) under the headings "Justice Assistance" and "Juvenile
Justice Programs", to be transferred to and merged with funds
made available under the heading "State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance", shall be available for tribal criminal justice
assistance without regard to the authorizations for such grant
or reimbursement programs.

213

No

The Attorney General may, upon request by a grantee
and based upon a determination of fiscal hardship, waive the requirements
of sections 2976(g)(1), 2978(e)(1) and (2), and 2904 of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797w(g)(1), 3797w- 2(e)(1) and (2), 3797q-3) with respect to funds
appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for
fiscal years 2010 through 2012 for Adult and Juvenile Offender
State and Local Reentry Demonstration

Projects and State, Tribal, and Local Reentry Courts, and Prosecution
Drug Treatment Alternatives to Prison Program authorized under
parts CC and FF of title I of such Act of 1968.

214

No

For purposes of the allocation under section 505(d)(1)
of title I of Public Law 90-351 (42 U.S.C. 3755(d)(1)) for fiscal
year 2011, the Attorney General is authorized to waive the application
of section 505(e)(3) (42 U.S.C. 3755(e)(3)) to any non-reporting
unit of local government thatâ

(1) was eligible to receive an allocation under section 505(d)(2)(B)
(42 U.S.C. 3755(d)(2)(B));

(2) agrees to begin to report timely data on part I violent crimes
of the Uniform Crime Reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
by not later than the end of such fiscal year; and

(3) does so begin in accordance with such agreement.

215

Yes

That section 530A of title 28, United States Code,
is hereby amended by replacing
"appropriated" with "used from appropriations",
and by inserting "(2)," before "(3)".

Travel Expenses for Department of Justice Employees Serving Abroad

Section 901 of the Foreign Service Act (FSA) permits the State Department
to pay travel and related expenses of Foreign Service employees serving
abroad. In 1988, section 530A was added to title 28, United States
Code, authorizing funds to be appropriated to the Department of Justice
for the payment of certain travel expenses permitted in section 901
of the FSA to Department employees serving abroad. (Public Law 100-690,
Title VI, § 6281(a)). The list of travel expenses allowed in section
530A did not include "authorized or required home leave" as allowed
by FSA § 901(2); therefore, the amendment adds paragraph "(2)" to
the section 530A list of allowable travel expenses. Further, section
530A merely authorized appropriations for the purpose of such travel
expenses, but to the best of our knowledge the Department has not
received appropriations for such travel expenses. Therefore, this
amendment also allows for any Department funds to be used for
such travel expenses. This proposal merely makes current funding available
for the travel expenses of Department employees serving abroad, but
does not add any additional budget authority or impact scoring.

Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations
for the Office of Justice Programs, $42,600,000 are hereby permanently
cancelled: Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
deposited or available in the Fund established under section 1402
of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal
year in excess of $850,000,000 shall not be available for obligation
in this fiscal year: Provided, That, of amounts available in the
Fund, notwithstanding section 1402(d) (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)), $100,000,000
shall be available to the Director of the Office for Victims of
Crime, for discretionary grants for temporary shelter, transitional
housing, and other assistance for victims of violence against women;
and $35,000,000 shall be available for sexual assault services:
Provided further, That, of these amounts, $15,000,000 shall be
available for transitional housing and other assistance for victims
of violence against women in Indian Country.

218

Yes

Of amounts made available under the heading Office
of Justice Programs, not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support a
Neighborhood Revitalization Grant program.

None of the funds made available under this title
shall be obligated or expended for any information technology project
having total estimated development costs in excess of $100,000,000,
unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board
certify that the information technology program has appropriate
program management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms
in place.

220

Yes

Of the unobligated balances available under the heading "Working
Capital Fund", $40,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled.

Table 2 - FY 2010 TITLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS NOT CONTINUED
IN FY 2012

Section Number Included in the FY 2010 Consolidated
Appropriations Act

(P.L. 111-117)

Explanation for Why General Provision is No Longer
Necessary

213

This provision impinges on the ability of the Attorney
General to manage Department of Justice resources, and should be deleted.

214

This provision prohibits funds from this or any other
Act to be obligated for the initiation of a future phase of the FBI
Sentinel program until existing phases under contract for development
or fielding have completed a majority of the work. This provision
is not needed in FY 2012.

217

This provision amended a statute; since the amendment
has been made the provision does not need to be repeated.

218

Requires the Attorney General to submit quarterly reports
to the DOJ Inspector General relating to the costs and contracting
procedures for each conference held by the Department in FY 2010 for
which the cost to the government was over $20,000. This reporting
requirement is burdensome and should be deleted, however, if it is
retained, the dollar threshold should be increased.

219

Amended law related to FBI language proficiency in FY
2010 appropriation act. This provision is not needed again in FY
2012.

General ProvisionsâTitle V

Table 3 displays the Title V General Provisions applicable and relevant to
the Department of Justice contained in the FY 2012 President's Budget. Note.-A
full-year 2011 appropriation was not enacted at the time the 2012 budget was
transmitted; therefore, the Department of Justice is operating under a continuing
resolution (P.L. 111-242, as amended). Therefore, all appropriations
language proposed in the 2012 President's Budget is reflected as new. The
FY 2012 language is compared below to the FY 2010 Title V General
Provisions (P.L. 111-117), which is the most recent enacted full-year appropriation
for the Department of Justice.

Table 4 provides explanations related to select Justice-related items in the
2010 Title V General Provisions that are not continued in FY 2012.

Table 3 - FY 2012 PROPOSED GENERAL PROVISIONSâTitle V

Section Number

New

Yes/No

Description

501

No

No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized
by the Congress.

502

No

No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.

503

No

The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act
for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law,
or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

504

No

If any provision of this Act or the application of
such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid,
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is
held invalid shall not be affected thereby.

505(a) and 505(b)

No

(a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded
by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2012, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation
or expenditure through the reprogramming of funds thatâ

(1) creates or initiates a new program, project or activity, unless
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriation are notified 15
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;

(2) eliminates a program, project or activity, unless the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds;

(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted , unless
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;

(4) relocates an office or employees, unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds;

(5) reorganizes offices, programs or activities, unless the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds;

(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently
performed by Federal employees, unless the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming
of funds;

(7) augments funds for existing programs, projects or activities
in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces
by 10 percent funding for any program, project or activity, or
numbers of personnel by 10 percent , unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds; or

(8) results from any general savings, including savings from a
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing
programs, projects or activities , unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of
such reprogramming of funds.

(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
2011, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure,
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

506

No

If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made
in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning,
to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available
in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.

507

No

Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions
taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall
be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer
funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry
out this section is provided in addition to authorities included
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry
out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.

508

No

None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or
to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions
on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products
of the same type.

509

No

None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
or any other provision of law may be used forâ

(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the
implementation of subsection 922(t) of title 18, United States
Code; and

(2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) of title 18, United
States Code, that does not require and result in the destruction
of any identifying information submitted by or on behalf of any
person who has been determined not to be prohibited from possessing
or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after the system advises
a Federal firearms licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm
by the prospective transferee would not violate subsection (g)
or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State
law.

510

No

None of the funds made available to the Department
of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate
the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs
for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or
of the parents or legal guardians of such students.

511

No

(a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate
disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data.

(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall
include in all such data releases, language similar to the following
that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad
conclusions about firearms-related crime:

(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities
in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and possession
of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms
traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported
to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced
and not all firearms traced are used in crime.

(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of
determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are used
for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a
random sample and should not be considered representative of the
larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset
of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail
seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily
represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are
acquired for use in crime.

513

No

None of the funds made available in this Act shall
be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of
torture by any official or contract employee of the United States
Government.

514

No

None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention
of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to
Financial Privacy Act; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947;
USA PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts.

515

No

If at any time during any quarter, the program manager
of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce
or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
or the National Science Foundation totaling more than $250,000,000
has reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has
increased by 15 percent, the program manager shall immediately
inform the Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary,
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and
shall include in such notice: the date on which such determination
was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action
taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of
the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones
and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the increase
in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the
total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating
that the project's management structure is adequate to control
total project or procurement costs.

516

No

Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence
related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2012 until the enactment
of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012.

517

No

None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an
amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of
such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee
has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal
offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more
than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid
Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied,
unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement
or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue
Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject
of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

518

No

None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention
of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.

519

No

None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than
50 employees from a Federal department or agency at any single
conference occurring outside the United States.

520

No

None of the funds made available under this Act may
be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for
Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.

521

No

(a) The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a review and audit of Federal funds received by the
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (referred
to in this section as "ACORN'') or any subsidiary or affiliate
of ACORN to determineâ

(1) whether any Federal funds were misused and, if so, the total
amount of Federal funds involved and how such funds were misused;

(2) what steps, if any, have been taken to recover any Federal
funds that were misused;

(3) what steps should be taken to prevent the misuse of any Federal
funds; and

(4) whether all necessary steps have been taken to prevent the
misuse of any Federal funds.

(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report
on the results of the audit required under subsection (a), along
with recommendations for Federal agency reforms.

522

No

To the extent practicable, funds made available in
this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are "Energy
Star'' qualified or have the "Federal Energy Management Program''
designation.

Table 4 - FY 2010 GENERAL PROVISIONS NOT CONTINUED IN FY
2012âTitle V

Section Number Included in the FY 2010 Consolidated
Appropriations Act

(P.L. 111-117)

Explanation for Why General Provision is No Longer
Necessary

506

This clause was a hereafter clause in FY 2010; it is
no longer necessary.

508

Requires the Department of Justice to provide a quarterly
accounting of cumulative unobligated balances. This information is
provided at the request of the Committee, so does not need to be in
statute.

512

This provision is moved to Title II, Section 217, in
the FY 2012 budget.

514

This provision is not necessary to restrict transfers - any
transfer requires specific legislative authority.

515

Limits agency discretion in using funds.

517

Requires the Inspector General to conduct an audit of
grants or contracts appropriated in this Act within 180 days of audit
initiation and every 180 days afterwards until audit is complete. While
this information will be provided as requested, the Department does
not support this requirement as a General Provision.

520

The Department recommends deletion, consistent with
the FY 2010 President's Budget.
However, this legislative provision addressed is not administered
by ATF but rather by the Office of Defense Trade Controls at the Department
of State.

521

This proposal would prohibit ATF from denying import
applications seeking to import U.S. origin curio or relic firearms. This
provision has been in the CJS general language for the last few years,
and ATF's policy has been to return such applications without action.

526

Requires Department's to provide a link to their Offices
of Inspector General, and mechanism of public reporting on waste,
fraud and abuse, on their Internet websites.
Like many other agencies, the Justice Department is already in compliance
with this General Provision.

529

This provision identifies one-time rescissions that
were already enacted in FY 2010. Department of Justice rescissions
proposed for FY 2012 are included in Title II.

532

This provision limits the President's discretion regarding
the disposition of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

533

This provision amended a public law; since the amendment
has been made, the provision does not need to be repeated.

537

This provision is administratively burdensome.

539

Limits agency discretion in using funds.

1 The FY 2012 budget proposes to move OJP's rescission
language to Title II; in the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, the OJP
rescission is found in Title V, Section 529.

2 The FY 2012 budget proposes to move the Crime Victims
Fund limitation language to Title II; in the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations
Act, this language is found in Title V, Section 512.